there is nothing new under the sun

The story

1. Hebrew · derived fromאֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ“there is nothing new under the sun”
2. Latin · calque ofnihil sub sōle novum
3. English todaythere is nothing new under the sun

Calque of Latin nihil sub sōle novum, itself a calque from the Hebrew אֵין כָּל חָדָשׁ תַּחַת הַשָּׁמֶשׁ (en kol chadásh táchat hashámesh, “there is nothing new under the sun”) found in Ecclesiastes 1:9.